DUNN'S COACHING HIGHLIGHTS
*2 NCAA Tournament appearances
*3 Atlantic Sun conference titles
*20 all-conference selections
*1 A-Sun Player of the Year
*1 A-Sun Freshman of the Year (first in program history)
*1 A-Sun Defensive Player of the Year (first in program
history)
*2 A-Sun Tournament MVPs
*3 A-Sun Championship Game appearances
*Set more than 25 program records at Jacksonville
*Back-to-back 20-win seasons at JU (first in program history)

DUNN'S PLAYING HIGHLIGHTS*Four-year letterwinner at Georgia Southern
*Second Team All-Southern Conference honors
*Southern Conference All-Tournament Team selection
*NCAA Tournament appearance
*Holds program record for 3-point field goal percentage (.373)
*Georgia Southern Woman of the Year
*Georgia Southern Scholar Athlete of the Year
*Member of Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame

Nineteen-year coaching veteran Jill Dunn enters
her first season as an assistant at VCU after spending the previous
nine years as the head coach at Jacksonville University.

Dunn, who brings 11 years of head coaching experience to the
Rams’ bench, transformed Jacksonville’s women’s
basketball program into yearly contenders in the Atlantic Sun
Conference during her tenure, including the most successful run in
program history.

"Coach Jill brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our
program," said VCU Head Coach Marlene Stollings.
"Her previous experience as a head coach will play a vital
role in the overall development of our young ladies as well as the
advancement of our program. Coach Jill will be instrumental in
helping us achieve national recognition. We are ecstatic to have
someone of her caliber joining Ram Nation."

Dunn, who inherited a 3-24 Jacksonville squad when she was hired
in 2004-05, wasted little time reviving the program as she guided
the Dolphins to an astounding 21-9 record in just her third
season. Her squads went on to make three trips to the A-Sun
championship game in four seasons from 2007-11, while posting
back-to-back 20-win campaigns for the first time in program history
(2006-08). The Dolphins nearly made it three straight with a
19-win season in 2008-09. Jacksonville also made national
attention in 2007-08, receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN Top 25
Coaches Poll.

"I am thrilled to be joining the VCU staff,” said Dunn.
“From the first time I spoke to Coach Marlene I was
impressed with her vision for the program. It is an amazing
opportunity and I am excited to help build VCU into a team that is
consistently winning conference championships and advancing on the
national stage."

The Dalton, Ga., native has a natural ability for developing
talent having tutored 20 all-conference selections, including an
A-Sun Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year (first in program
history), Defensive Player of the Year (first in program history)
and a pair of conference tournament MVPs.

Dunn’s Jacksonville squads consistently ranked among the
best in the A-Sun in several defensive categories, including
blocks, steals and rebounding (set school rebounding record five
straight years). During her first six seasons, the Dolphins
held their opponent to under 50 points on 23 occasions, which only
occurred five times in five total seasons prior to Dunn’s
arrival. Her teams also made noise of the offensive end,
finishing with the top two scoring averages in program history with
67.7 ppg in 2007-08 and 64.0 ppg in 2010-11.

Prior to Jacksonville, Dunn spent three seasons as the top
assistant and recruiting coordinator at Georgia State University,
where the Panthers captured three straight A-Sun regular season
titles and made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament in 2003
and 2004. Georgia State also compiled 59 wins during her
three-year tenure, including an impressive 40-16 mark in the
A-Sun.

Dunn, who has also made coaching stops at Miami (Ohio), Western
Carolina (as both a head coach and assistant) and South Carolina,
began her basketball career as a four-year letterwinner at Georgia
Southern from 1989-93. While serving as team captain as a
senior, she earned second team All-Southern Conference honors and
was selected to the league’s all-tournament team after
guiding the Eagles to a berth in the NCAA Tournament. A
member of the Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame, Dunn
finished her career as the program’s career leader in 3-point
field goal percentage (.373), while ranking among the Top 10
all-time in assists, 3-pointers and steals.

She received her bachelor’s degree in education from
Georgia Southern in 1994.